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Negotiated plea deals resolve significantly more felony cases than trials, and usually with less acrimony following the proceedings because both sides receive some benefits through the agreements. But in the controversial case of Thomas Rudd, the ex-Lake County coroner whose election-related felony...

If there was any doubt how much life has changed for Ayo Dosunmu and Morgan Park since the season's dog days, one moment on Saturday afternoon removed it. Already putting on one of his vintage offensive displays, the senior guard launched a desperation shot from half court at the third-quarter...

North Chicago guard Tyrek Cooper was motivated. "We had to play for pride," Cooper said. All the Warhawks had a similar sentiment heading into Saturday's Class 3A state third-place game against Marian Catholic. North Chicago was motivated to bounce back from Friday's tough state semifinal loss...

Four men shot inside a strip club in Harvey were rushed to area hospitals, all in critical condition, early Saturday morning, according to city spokesman Sean Howard. He said a man managed to sneak a gun past security and shoot four people inside The Boxxx Gentlemen’s Club, 16700 S. Halsted St.,...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said a Beach Park man is facing charges that he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl. In a release from the sheriff’s office, police said Edmundo Aboytes, 87, of the 9900 block of Oak Forest Avenue was arrested March 15 in connection with the predatory criminal...

An estimated 1,100 students at Downers Grove North and South high schools will serve one hour of detention for walking out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence, a walkout conducted nationwide in support of students and teachers killed in the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school. The...

More than 20 percent of the students in Hinsdale High School District 86 joined in the national school walk out March 14, despite administrators saying they would not be excused from class. At Hinsdale Central High School, 620 students, or 22 percent of those enrolled, walked out in support of...

Six people were arrested on prostitution charges Thursday at a Naperville apartment building, police said. Five women and one man were taken into custody in the 1300 block of Crab Apple Court following an investigation into online posts offering sexual services conducted by the Naperville Police...

A candidate seeking the Democratic nomination in Illinois' 14th Congressional District has been charged with forgery in Wisconsin, stemming from a dispute with a contractor, according to court records. John J. Hosta, 58, of Spring Grove, in 2016 allegedly cashed insurance checks out of an insurance...

Elgin police videos taken during the fatal shooting of Decynthia Clements will be released late next week, Elgin Chief of Police Jeff Swoboda said Friday. Although the Illinois State Police investigation into the case is ongoing, "the public has a right to know what happened," Swoboda said in an...

Jimmy Terry was headed east to the nation's capital city when he stopped in Merrillville last month and asked relatives to wire him money, family and police said. "I asked, 'Where exactly are you going in such a rush?'" Solomon Terry, Jimmy Terry's younger brother, said. "He said he was going to...

A judge Saturday denied bail for a man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife and taking off with the couple’s two young children, sparking an Amber Alert, police said. Lynn Washington, 40, appeared for a hearing in before Judge Fred Lyke Jr., who denied bail at the Leighton Criminal Court...

A roadside memorial was held this week ahead of a funeral scheduled on Friday for Melvin DeVost II, a North Chicago man who died in a March 5 shooting outside a Green Bay Road tavern. "My little brother was my bug," said his sister, Tancia Adams, recalling how sometimes he could get on her nerves....

Scores and highlights may be emailed to southtownsports@gmail.com Note: Schedules are subject to change because of weather and other factors. MONDAY'S EVENTS HIGH SCHOOLS BASEBALL Andrew at Oak Forest, 4:30 p.m. Argo at Hubbard, 4:15 p.m. Bremen at St. Rita, 4:30 p.m. Illinois Lutheran at Lisle,...

Senior guard Kara Krolicki will leave St. Xavier as the program's all-time leading scorer, as a two-time NAIA Division II Player of the Year, and with a whole lot of great memories. "There are so many different things I'm going to remember forever," Krolicki said. "So many great wins, and so many...

Scores and highlights may be emailed to newssunsports@gmail.com Note: Schedules are subject to change because of weather and other factors. MONDAY'S EVENTS HIGH SCHOOLS BASEBALL Antioch at McHenry, 4:30 p.m. Carmel at Libertyville, 4:30 p.m. Glenbrook South at Stevenson, 4:30 p.m. Grant at Johnsburg,...

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Documents show some officials were so concerned about the mental stability of the student accused of last month's Florida high school rampage that they decided he should be forcibly committed. But the recommendation was never acted upon. Cruz is accused of the shooting rampage that killed 14 students...

Mitch Trubisky is the sun in the Bears’ solar system. General manager Ryan Pace made that perfectly clear Jan. 1 when he openly challenged himself to surround the franchise quarterback with talent. Trubisky then watched Pace hire Matt Nagy, a former Arena League quarterback, to be the head coach....

Only a few weeks ago, Dan McNeil was talking trade-ins rather than trades. While he enjoyed selling cars – or at least trying to – it clearly was not his forte. “It would have taken me a long time to get good at that. It’s not something that happens overnight,” said McNeil, who last week began...

When the Obama Presidential Center opens in about three years, visitors can get to it by car, Metra, bike or bus, but not by that most iconic form of Chicago transportation — the “L.” That’s because a Green Line branch that would have led right to the center was torn down in 1997, after some community...

I called WKGN-AM midday host Cody McClure — the Knoxville, Tenn., sports-talker who tweeted a four-letter insult at Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt — hoping for the best but expecting the worst. I wanted to at least give a so-called professional a chance to defend an outburst I considered unprofessional,...

The Rev. C. Frank Phillips, founder of a religious order of men and pastor at the storied St. John Cantius Catholic Parish, was removed last week by the Archdiocese of Chicago amid an investigation into allegations of improper conduct with adult men, according to church officials. In a statement...

On a recent evening, state Rep. Dan Burke stood in the sun-kissed living room of Mary Anne Turner’s brick bungalow on South Mulligan Street and listened for 19 minutes as the longtime resident described a rat infestation on her block. For the first time, she won’t be planting peppers and tomatoes...

And here we are again, back to the same question: What to do about Louis Farrakhan? The leader of the Nation of Islam has, for years, been a toxic fount of anti-Semitic and homophobic rhetoric. “These false Jews,” he preached in 2006, “promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American...

It was looking, on Sunday’s “The Walking Dead,” as though the Saviors were heading for a showdown with the Hilltop, the warriors against the farmers, a No. 1 seed against a No. 16, or at least a 5 versus an 11. Their knives were dipped in zombie guts, per Savior leader Negan’s scheme that seemed...

After a few committed months of hot yoga at a studio in New York, Christina Rice had found her niche. So when the studio announced that it was offering teacher training, she signed right up. It was only when she arrived with her mat that she noticed something striking. There were 54 other women...

I spent the first two decades of my career as a social scientist studying liars and their lies. I thought I had developed a sense of what to expect from them. Then along came President Donald Trump. His lies are both more frequent and more malicious than ordinary people's. In research beginning...

The one person who may be feeling the most pressure after the special election in Pennsylvania isn’t Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell. Sure, they’re both in danger of losing their respective majority statuses in November’s midterm elections, but they already knew that. Nor does anything change for...

Like Chicago’s downtown on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a river of green has flowed through TV sets ahead of Tuesday’s primary vote, as governor candidates have spent tens of millions of dollars on advertising during the long campaign. The frenzied final weekend of in-person campaigning supplements...

Hikers found the body of a man Sunday outside Mundelein in a totaled car, the same make and model as that of a Round Lake Park man reported missing two weeks ago. The identity of the man had yet to be released as of Sunday evening by the Lake County Coroner's Office, but the vehicle description...

Clip and save: Kyle Schwarber will be the Cubs’ leadoff hitter. I don’t know if he’ll be at the top of the order on opening day in Miami a week from Thursday, but you watch, he’ll be there and he’ll be there quickly, and I think this year he’ll be there with better results. I don’t have inside...

In a series of tweets March 17 and 18, President Donald Trump made a number of inaccurate or misleading statements about the investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. As a reader service, here's a quick guide to his claims. "As the House Intelligence Committee has...

After two rounds, four days, 48 games and one Sister Jean, here are the NCAA tournament's winners and losers so far. Winner: Sister Jean Our local treasure has become a national star. Bless her heart. Loser: Thomas Jefferson The third U.S. president and principal author of the Declaration of Independence...

The Cubs likely will finalize their 25-man roster before their Cactus League finale on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals at Surprise. In addition to performance, there are a few procedural issues among the relievers for the team to consider. First, Eddie Butler is out of options and would be...

Loyola guard Marques Townes has passed out flyers with teammates in campus dorms, encouraging his fellow students to come watch them play. Coach Porter Moser has spoken at freshman orientations throughout his seven seasons, hoping to make an impression that turns new students into fans. Moser and...

As the biggest news organization in Chicago and the Midwest, the Chicago Tribune wants to inform our readers and encourage them to push an agenda for a more vital community. The most direct way they do that is in choosing who will lead their governments. Our readers make up their own minds when...

Cubs manager Joe Maddon often uses information to supplement what he witnesses with his own eyes. And his observations appear accurate after watching a svelte Kyle Schwarber double, triple and run the bases at a brisk pace in Saturday’s 5-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians. After striking out in his...

When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit. But that's exactly what the company then run by Jared...

Two people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital Sunday night, and police are not ruling out a connection to the three previous explosions that detonated earlier this month elsewhere in the city. The latest blast occurred around 8:30 p.m. in a suburban neighborhood known as Travis...

Police were investigating two robberies in the Lincoln Park area this month, authorities said. In both North Side robberies, a man approached the victims from behind, placed a hard object in their back implying a weapon and demanded money before running away, police said. The most recent robbery...

Dear Amy: During the holidays, my fiance and I attended a party. Throughout the course of the evening a friend's husband was overly flirty with me, and during the typical polite hug goodbye, he grabbed my chin and planted a kiss square on my lips. I shoved him away, gave him a few choice words...